"I guess she will be back today, but if she doesn't come back..." She could see the calculation in Hua Xiangwei's eyes clearly, but she just lowered her head and twitched the corners of her mouth invisibly.
Assassination? If it was feasible, there would be no need to wait until now.
"But what's wrong?" Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, she began to hesitate.
"Sister, you'd better not waste your energy. Just wait for a while quietly." She increased the force with her fingertips, and the wooden hairpin in her hand broke in the middle, breaking into two pieces with a snap.
"Sister, do you have any good ideas?" Hua Xiangwei asked hurriedly with a flattering smile on her face.
Xiao Shushen shook her head, "Sister, just wait."
At this time, Sun Ning's sedan chair had arrived at General Shen's mansion. Shen Qingwan said goodbye to General Shen and followed Sun Ning away.
Walking along the familiar streets, I couldn't help but recall the past, especially when I walked with Fu Huaiyu. The elegant young man at that time has now become a man who plotted a rebellion. It must be said that things in the world are unpredictable.
"Whoa!" Suddenly, a noise was heard outside. Shen Qingwan lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and looked outside, only to see a woman lying in the middle of the street, who seemed to be unconscious. She pointed with her slender hand and said, "Go over there and take a look." In front of the woman was a carriage, which seemed to belong to a nobleman. The woman was dressed in rags, and if the man in the carriage was unreasonable, she would probably be bullied in vain.
Although she is not a kind-hearted person, she did have a lot of feelings today and is willing to help.
"Where did this beggar come from? Don't he have eyes?" A man who looked like a servant got off the car and shouted at the person on the ground, "What bad luck!" He waved his hands as if he was very disgusted.
"I wonder whose noble family this is?" Shen Qingwan got off the sedan chair and walked over, staring at him with a little anger.
"Who are you? As a girl, why don't you stay at home and serve your husband? Why do you come here to meddle in other people's business?" The servant saw that she was just a girl and didn't wear any expensive jewelry, so he thought she was just a woman from an ordinary family. "The person in this carriage, even if I say so, you can't afford her! You'd better go back quickly!" After saying that, he waved his hand as if he was shooing away a fly.
This action made Shen Qingwan even more unhappy, "Oh? Why not tell me about it?" In this Kyoto, she really didn't know who she couldn't afford.
"Hmph!" The servant held his neck high, looking somewhat arrogant, "Inside this is the nephew of Minister Li!" The Minister Li here refers to Li Yuhang.
"Well, I understand. I will inform the emperor of this matter." She sneered, and the words that came out of her mouth made people feel extremely cold.
Suddenly, the surroundings became noisy, and everyone was speculating who this woman was and how could she speak to the emperor
"You! Stop talking nonsense! With your ability, I'm afraid you can't even touch the emperor's hair." The servant suddenly became a little anxious. Although he felt that it was impossible for her to really see the emperor, he was also really scared.
Shen Qingwan ignored it and turned around to help the woman on the ground up, but she was surprised when she saw the woman's face.
There was a big scar on her face, which seemed to be caused by a burn, but it covered half of her face and looked really scary.
"Whose girl is this?" She couldn't help but murmur to herself, and she felt a little sympathy in her heart, but it was only for a moment. Even so, she should have her own life.
"Take this man back and give him a good wash." She turned and instructed Sun Ning behind her.
The servant over there watched her leave with an angry expression on his face. "It's incomprehensible." He muttered and turned around to get on the carriage again.
After a burst of smoke and dust, the usual calm returned.
"My Lady." Lian Yun frowned, looking at the person she brought back with some confusion. Where did this woman come from? Why was she following her? But even though she was confused, since it was her decision, it was not good for her as a servant to interfere. Besides, it was more important to go back to work now, so she did not ask any more questions.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Virtuous Concubine. May Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years." After entering the palace, the woman woke up. After knowing her identity, she knelt on the ground and bowed deeply, looking at her with gratitude.
"What's your name?" Shen Qingwan helped her up and looked at her outfit with some dissatisfaction.
"To answer your Majesty, I have been a lonely and helpless girl since childhood, and I just used the alias Qing'er." The woman shook her head with a bitter look on her face.
Shen Qingwan was stunned for a moment, but then she was relieved. After all, poor people probably don't have any decent names. "Well, if you don't mind, how about I give you a name?" She suggested.
Hearing this, the woman knelt on the ground again, "Thank you, Madam!"
"Then I'll call you Qing Ling." After thinking about it for a while, he finally kept one character from her previous name.
Qing Ling just expressed her gratitude, and Shen Qingwan asked Lianyun to take her downstairs to wash up.
"I heard that my beloved concubine brought back a woman?" At this time, Fu Yuheng walked in from outside with a slight smile on his face, "Do you know the details of that woman?"
After all, she was someone who stayed by his side, so it was better to be safe. Women of unknown origin like this were generally not allowed to stay in the palace, but if she was brought here, just send someone to keep an eye on her.
"No." She shook her head. She knew what he was worried about. She had thought about it before, but every time she saw the scar on her face, she couldn't bear to leave her outside. In the end, she just felt compassion.
"My beloved, please be careful. Don't let others trick you by mistake." Fu Yuheng stretched out his hand and held her in his arms, whispering in her ear.
This made her shudder all over and she subconsciously pushed him away, only to hear a joyful laugh in her ears.
She turned to look at him in surprise, only to see him looking at her teasingly, which made her blush.
"Your Majesty, is there something you want to talk to me about?" He then changed the subject, but unexpectedly, his next words made her face even redder.
"Not really." He held his chin with his hand and stared at her intently, "I just missed my beloved concubine, so I came to see you."
"This..." She didn't know what to say for a moment, so she simply gritted her teeth and said, "Then Your Majesty, please take a look?" After saying that, she glared at him angrily.
"Hmm..." He frowned and was silent for a while, "Not yet."